Long Branch native's dance career has legs

1:24 PM,
Nov. 30, 2012

Written by

Karyn D. Collins
| For the Courier News

A dancer's career is a relatively short one. And long tenures with the same company are especially rare.

That makes Glenn Allen Sims' appearances with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater during its annual monthly season at New York's City Center even more noteworthy. Sims is marking his 15th anniversary with the company.

"It's a great feeling. I didn't think I would be here that long. No one ever says they're going to be in one establishment for 15 years. My original plan was to be here on the 10-year plan at the most," Sims, a Long Branch native, said during a recent interview during a break ...